G. Fanizza et al., EFFECTS OF POLYSACCHARIDES FROM BOTRYOTINIA-FUCKELIANA (BOTRYTIS-CINEREA) ON IN-VITRO CULTURE OF TABLE AND WINE GRAPES (VITIS-VINIFERA), Vitis, 34(1), 1995, pp. 41-44
Shoots of several table and wine grape cultivars were cultured in vitr
o on a medium supplemented with polysaccharides obtained from a cultur
e filtrate of Botryotinia fuckeliana through differential ethanolic pr
ecipitations. The general effects of polysaccharides resulted in leaf
yellowness and in a reduction of fresh and dry weight. Differential re
sponse of assayed cultivars to polysaccharides seemed to be not relate
d to their bunch susceptibility to grey mould under field conditions.